Banner Job Submission

 

New Special Print Options

For Jacoby/Lowell (Linux)

 

New parameters to be entered in Special Print field in GJAPCTL form:

 

Desired Format	OLD WAY	NEW WAY
Default	Nothing	Nothing
Compressed	“-o landscape –o –c”	“-o landscape –o cpi=17”
Landcape mode (8x11)	“-o landscape –o fp16”	“-o landscape –o cpi=17”
Landscape mode (8x14)	“-o landscape –o legal”	“-o landscape –o media=Legal”
Portrait mode (8x14)	“-o legal”	“-o media=Legal”

 

 

Check status of print queue:

Enter the following from the host:

 

lpstat psim2a

or

lqp –P psim2a

 

 

Remove job(s) from queue:

Enter the following from the host:

lprm –p printer job_number

 

example:  lprm –P psim2a 22

 

Example:

 

(jacoby)/home/mwilliam/jobsub> lpq -P psim2a

psim2a is ready

Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size

1st     banner7 94      gjrrpts_949071.lis              252928 bytes

2nd     banner7 95      gjrrpts_949071.lis              252928 bytes

(jacoby)/home/mwilliam/jobsub> lprm -P psim2a 94

(jacoby)/home/mwilliam/jobsub> lpq -P psim2a

psim2a is ready

Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size

1st     banner7 95      gjrrpts_949071.lis              252928 bytes

 

 

Additional Special Print Options:

 

These are some additional useful options.  In general, multiple options can be specified separated by a space.  For additional options, see http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sum.html#STANDARD_OPTIONS

 

 

·    change size of characters, specify cpi (characters per inch), =10,12,15,17, etc., default=10

-o cpi=17

host example:  lp -d psim2a -o cpi=17

 

·    change size/spacing of lines, specify lpi (lines per inch), default=6

-o lpi=6

 

 

 

 

·    number of copies, specify n=number of copies

-n 2

host example: p -d psim2a -n 2

 

·    specific pages to print, specify 1-5 for pages 1 through 5 or =1-5,10 for 1 through 5 and page 10

-o page-ranges=1-2

host example: p -d psim2a -o page-ranges=1-2

 

·    legal sized paper

-o media=legal

 

·    Just odd or just even pages

-o page-set=odd 

-o page-set=even 

 

·    Number of pages to print on each sheet of paper

-o number-up=2 (seems to cancel landscape setting)

 

·    Print banner page with “Confidential”

-o job-sheets=confidential

 

·    special header at the top of each page with the page number, filename and date

-o prettyprint

host example: lp -d psim2a -o prettyprint

 

·    border around each page

-o page-border=double-thick